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Shea Coakley is building GetWard, an AI operating layer for multi-location retail that connects POS, marketing, labor, finance, inventory, and ERP into a single intelligence layer. Already deployed across an 850+ store operator with over $300M in revenue, GetWard represents Shea’s latest venture at the cutting edge of decision intelligence.

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An AI layer that tells operators what changed, why, and what to do about it.

GetWard (Ward) is an AI operating layer purpose-built for multi-location retail operators. Shea Coakley recognized that retail operators are drowning in data from disconnected systems — POS, labor scheduling, marketing platforms, inventory management, ERP — without a unified way to understand what’s actually happening across their business.

Ward solves this by connecting all operational data into a single intelligence layer that surfaces actionable insights: what changed in your business today, why it changed, and what you should do about it. The platform targets measurable EBITDA improvement through closed-loop decision intelligence.

From building brands to building intelligence infrastructure.

Shea Coakley’s journey from consumer brand builder to AI-powered retail platform reflects a natural evolution. Having operated businesses with complex multi-location dynamics through LeanBox and PERKSCon, Shea understood firsthand the pain of managing operations across distributed locations without a clear picture of performance.

That operational experience became the foundation for GetWard — a platform built by someone who lived the problem, not just studied it. Shea’s unique advantage is combining deep operational knowledge with a technology-forward approach to solving retail’s most fundamental challenge: turning data into decisions.

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GetWard
AI / Decision Intelligence for Retail
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LeanBox
Tech-Driven Food Service (Operational Foundation)
Founded 2013
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“Retail operators don’t need more dashboards. They need a system that tells them what to do and helps them do it. That’s what Ward delivers.”

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